In 2015, the Texas Legislature amended the part of the Texas Education Code that deemed the failure to attend school a criminal offense. Now, districts implement their own ways of preventing absences,...
Making Westwood history, six FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams competed in the FIRST in Texas Central GEMS League Championship and three advanced to the next level. Team Tomahawk, ranking third overall,...
To stay prepared for the emergence of a new strain of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) has focused research on a concept known as Disease X, a hypothetical upcoming disease that scientists...
Sophia Sartor, Heritage Section Editor
• February 4, 2024
On Thursday, Feb. 1, students filed into the cafeteria to be inducted as new members of the Diego Velasquez chapter of National Spanish Honor Society (NSHS) after school.
Families watched as the...
On Wednesday, Jan. 23 the Westwood Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) cadets and sponsors assembled in the aux gym for their annual United States Air Force headquarters unit inspection....
On Monday, Jan. 29 French Club members gathered in Mme Harwick's room for an early Mardi Gras celebration, typically celebrated on Feb. 13. Provided with king cake and beads, members and officers alike...
Bolstering program ideals through service, International Baccalaureate (IB) juniors and seniors gathered around the Austin area on Saturday, Jan. 20, to take part in the IB Day of Service — a requirement...
On Friday, Jan. 26, Anatomy & Dissection Club held a turtle dissection in Mr. Scheiber’s room before school. As the club’s first reptilian study of the year, the meeting allowed members to...
On Thursday, Jan. 25, National Honors Society (NHS) members gathered after school in Mr. Shaw’s classroom to decorate Valentine’s Day cards for kids at Cheyanna’s Champions 4 Children, a Texas-based...
As a result of heavy rainfall beginning on Monday, Jan. 22 and persisting until Thursday, Jan. 25, Austin drivers had to be extra cautious to avoid slippery asphalt and crowded conditions on the road.
“I...
For the first time this year, Mu Alpha Theta hosted a math circle, a short club-wide discussion about a math-adjacent topic, on Friday, Jan. 26 during flex. This week’s math circle, which examined probability...
On Monday, Jan. 15, Austin temperatures dropped to a low of 15 F, with a high of 27 F in the afternoon. Snow fell lightly in some areas of Austin, such as the northwest region, causing the roads there...
![Helping out two club members, Anatomy & Dissection Club Vice President Nicole Wang 24 points out parts of the turtles digestive system. Some of the club members were confused about the digestive systems location due to differences between mammalian and reptilian anatomy. At this time in high school, the most experience you get is probably organs or smaller specimens such as mice [and] frogs, Wang said. The turtle is a fascinating, almost difficult dissection due to the sheer size and more complex structure overall. You have all the organs and it is a big specimen.](https://westwoodhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-01-26_TurtleDissection_ChangwatchaiP_11-1200x800.jpg)
![On Thursday, Jan. 25, NHS members gathered in Mr. Shaws room after school to make Valentines Day cards for children with rare or undiagnosed illnesses. After reading short profiles on each child, NHS members created cards tailored to the interests and hobbies of each child. The front of the cards [said] Happy Valentines Day,” Rai Makaraju ‘24 said. “One of [the kids] really likes sheep, so I got to draw baby sheep for them and [write] a little message.”](https://westwoodhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/nhscards-e1706643953688-600x596-1.jpg)
![Puzzling his audience, Nathan Won ‘24 presents the “final conundrum” of his math circle, asking members to recall the amount of slides he has added a photo of a character to. Won’s math circle, about probability in games, intended to teach his audience new ways to learn about probability. “[Math circles allow] people [to] get to learn about the wonders of math and probability,” Won said.](https://westwoodhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mathcircle-1200x887.png)
